Limbaugh, "Portly Peddler of Hate"

“At first I thought, that’s not Rush, that’s just the OxyContin talking. Nonetheless, this is a despicable but unsurprising new lie from a man whose closest brush with combat came when customs officials tried to take away his Viagra. This portly peddler of hate is once again wrong on the facts. John Kerry served his country with honor in Vietnam, and has fought for his fellow veterans ever since. The lies and smears of the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush were disproved conclusively in 2004 by the men who fought by John Kerry’s side in Vietnam, by the military’s own records, by investigative journalists, and by the incredible contradictions that exposed these right wing smear artists. It is long past time that we end the politics of fear and smear that we have seen used against decorated veterans from John McCain to Max Cleland and John Kerry. Rush Limbaugh’s ignorance and determination to divide Americans is just another reminder that you can’t spell ‘Rush Limbaugh’ without the letters L-I-A-R.”

The watchdog group Media Matters has provided an excellent fact check of the Limbaugh smear, proving once again that when it comes to slandering veterans, the right wing is wrong. The fact check can be found at: http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008?f=h_latest

a man whose closest brush with combat came when customs officials tried to take away his Viagra

"...In fact, most of the allegations the Swift Boat Veterans made about Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War service during the 2004 presidential campaign have been thoroughly discredited..." . . . .

Media Matters is far too generous. In fact, ALL the allegations made by the Swift Boat liars were false, and were known to be false by the "journalists" who uncritically repeated them.

Sourcewatch.http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Swift_Boat_Veterans_for_Truth

This is what I saw that day.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/elections/chi-040821rood,1,1611037.story?coll=chi-news-hed

John Kerry saved my life. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005460
Now his heroism is being questioned.

John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: "Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/washington/28kerry.html

- 1st Republic 14th Star / Friday November 9, 2007 03:04:24 PM EST